穿山甲一名綾鯉,亦称“龙鯉”、“石鲮魚”。屬于哺乳綱、鳞甲目、穿山甲科(亦作鲮鯉科)。形态:口小、舌細長,吻長而細,口位于末端。鼻孔在口的上方耳小而圓,眼不很大,呈紅褐色。头較小,軀部呈圓筒形,尾部扁圓,四肢很短。头頸部的背侧,軀部的背側和兩侧,四肢的前側和外惻,以及扁尾的上下面,均复以表皮性的角質鱗;鱗呈黄褐或綠褐乃至暗灰褐色,排列如复瓦狀,借皮膚的作用,能开能閉;鱗与鱗间有少許剛毛狀的毛,毛呈黑褐色。四眩各有趾,趾有爪,爪直扁,适于挖掘。尾長基粗,末端漸细。習性:穴居于山麓、丘陵或平野的杂树林中,大树 A pangolin, also known as “Dragon”, “stone carp.” Belongs to the Mammalia, the Scales, and the Panacea (also known as the Polygonaceae). Morphology: Small, slender tongue, long and thin kiss, mouth at the end. The nostrils are small and round at the top of the mouth. The eyes are not very big and are red-brown. The head is smaller, the trunk is cylindrical, the tail is oblate, and the limbs are short. The dorsal aspect of the head and neck, the dorsal and bilateral sides of the trunk, the anterior and lateral malleolus of the limbs, and the superior and inferior surfaces of the flat tail are all supplemented with epidermal horny scales; the scales are yellow-brown or green-brown and even dark-grayish. Aligned like a tile, it can be opened and closed by the action of the skin; there are a few bristly hairs between scales and scales, and the hair is dark brown. Each of the four glares has toes, claws and claws, straight claws, suitable for excavation. The tail is long and thick and the ends are tapered. Habits: burrowing in the woods of hills, hills or plains, large trees